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Japanese monetary and fiscal policy uses the consumer price index as a metric for price stability. Despite a major effort to improve the index, the Japanese methodology of calculating the CPI seems to have a large number of deficiencies. Little attention is paid in Japan to substitution biases...
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A high inflation rate is the main obstacle prohibiting euro lead into the state, that‘s why the inflation theme is the urgent one. We analyzed the inflation not only from the economic perspective, but from the legal side too. The changes of property forms, legal tends, extent of inflation,...
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Spot bitcoin ETFs have been recently approved in the U.S., increasing retail and institutional investors' attention to the crypto space. Still, empirical evidence on whether Bitcoin is an asset that protects investors against inflation is still inconclusive. To contribute to this debate, we...
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This paper examines the usefulness of the Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) in predicting CPI rent inflation. Using data from February 2015 to October 2023, we demonstrate that while ZORI provides valuable insights into future movements in CPI rent inflation, its effectiveness is limited to...
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In this study, the author demonstrates that the selection of an appropriate money-demand function is crucial to ascertain the relationship between fiscal deficits and inflation. To do so, the author incorporates a Selden-Latané money-demand function into a micro-founded extension of the model...
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Financial deepening plays a pivotal role in fostering economic growth, alleviating poverty, and mitigating social inequalities. Employing the Vector Autoregressive Model (VAR), this study examines the implications of per capita gross domestic product (GDP), interest rates, and inflation rates...
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In this article, we use recently developed oanel causality and cointegration techniques to examine the long-run relationship between inflation and economic growth of the 8 WAEMU countries. A panel of 256 observations was therefore constituted from the IMF (WDI) and BCEAO database. Our results...
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In this article, we use recently developed panel causality and cointegration techniques to examine the long-run relationship between inflation and economic growth of the 8 WAEMU countries. A panel of 256 observations was therefore constituted from the IMF (WDI) and BCEAO database. Our results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015213529
This note examines Prabhat Patnaik's argument that the contemporary international financial system crucially requires the stability of oil prices in terms of the dollar. By comparing the macroeconomic impact of recent oil shocks to those of the 1970s, it argues that sharp changes in the dollar...
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The Phillips curve is fifty years old. Since Phillips (1958)'s original contribution this econometric relationship has undergone many criticisms and evolutions. The Phillips curve yet remains a fundamental tool for inflation forecasting and monetary policy analysis. This paper reviews the...
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